שְׁמִטָּה
shᵉmiṭṭâh · H8059 · Hebrew · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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release
Action by which humans relinquish their rights to an object, either temporarily or permanently
ExamplesDeuteronomy 15:1 “At the end of every seven years you shall grant a release of debts.
Deuteronomy 15:2 “And this is the regulation for the release of debts: every creditor is to forgive what he has loaned to his neighbor; he shall not require it of his neighbor and his brother, because the LORD’S release has been proclaimed.
Deuteronomy 15:9 “Be careful that there is no mean-spirited thought in your heart, such as, ‘The seventh year, the year of release of debts, is near,’ and your eye is malicious toward your poor brother, and you give him nothing; then he may cry out to the LORD against you, and it will be a sin in you.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- עָשָׂהto do, to make 1
- קָרָאto call, to cry out 1
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- שָׁנֶהyear 2
- דָּבָרword, thing, matter 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- ἄφεσις áphesis · G859 · to pardon, to forgive, forgiveness
- Greek ἄφεσις (áphesis, G859) ("freedom; pardon") serves as the standard LXX rendering of Hebrew שְׁמִטָּה (shᵉmiṭṭâh, H8059) ("release"), both denoting the Sabbatical-year remission of debts and obligations (Deuteronomy 15:1-2, 9; 31:10), with the Greek term's semantic range extending to include manumission and forgiveness contexts beyond the Hebrew lemma's specific legal-release domain.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Non-Possess002003002018
- This noun denotes the sabbatical-year release of debts, as in Deuteronomy 15:1's instruction that at the end of every seven years a release of debts is to be granted.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H8059. shemittah שְׁמִטָּה noun feminine a letting drop of exactions, a (temporary)…
שְׁמִטָּה noun feminine a letting drop of exactions, a (temporary) remitting: שׁ ׳תַּעֲשֶׂה Deu 15:1(at end of seven years), Deu 15:2 שׁ קָרָא ׳כִּי ׳לי; whence seventh year is הַשּׁ ׳שְׁנַת Deu 15:9; Deu 31:10.
שְׁמִירָמוֺת see below שֵׁם. p. 1029.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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